As cases rise, MCH under pressure
The Hindu
Doctors call for opening more first-line treatment centres to handle situation
The Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, has started feeling the pinch of an apparent third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to sources, there has been an increase in the patients seeking admission in the past few days after the number of infected persons rose sharply owing to the Omicron variant of the virus. A doctor working there said that over 200 persons had approached the out-patient section of the general medicine department on Monday, 13 of whom were admitted. “Even during the second wave of the pandemic, we haven’t had more than 100 or 120 persons a day,” he said.
Only a couple of beds remain vacant in the wards, and five beds in the intensive care units.
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